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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HORT 4873 - Medicinal Plants Technology and Conservation


Credit Hours: 3
Students will be introduced to global systems of alternative herbal medicines. Students will gain a working knowledge of increasing population pressure and over-exploitation of potential medicinal plant species, their natural habitat and agrotechnology including the improvement of medicinal plant species through biotechnology. Students will recognize the importance of plant conservation for the medicinal and herbal plant species especially those facing extinction or those who are threatened due to over-exploitation.